Improvement in bottle-corking machines



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JULIUS WoLrr, or New Yoan N.

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Letters Patent No. 107,582,

Y., .AND WILLIAM N. NUMSEN, OF MARYLAND.

lated September 20, 1870. i

IMPRovIiI/IENT IN BoTTLIz-coRKING MACHINES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and part of the same Toall whom it may concer-n VBre it known that we., JULIUs WOLEF, of NewYork city, in the county and State vof New York,

yand WILLIAM N. NUMsEN, of Baltimore, in' thc ycounty' of Baltimore andState of Maryiamhhave- Figure 1 represents a perspective view of ourmachine.

Figure 2 represent-s a vertical section lthrough a portion of themachine, showing the main parts on an enlarged scale.

Similar letters of reference, where they occur, denote like parts in allthe igures. -l

Our invention relates, first, to the funnel or mouthpiece used forintroducing a cork into the neck of a bottle or jar, which funnel isformed with perforations, to allow theair-contained in the bottle toVescape when the cork is driven in, as, otherwise, the air would beinclosed in, and, in many cases, the contents of the bottle or jar wouldbe spoiled by the presence of this compressed air.

Our invention further relates tothe manner in which the mouth-piece issupported by a lever, above the neck ofthe bottle, so as to relieve the'bottle of the pressure exerted by the plunger inforcing the cork down inthe mouth-piece, and to prevent the breaking of the bottle, whichhappens occasionally when using the ordinary method. i

Our invention further relates to the manner in which the cork is inaliyintroduced into the neck of the bottle or jar, by lifting themouth-piece, and lever-connected with it, cti" the neck offthe bottle,and forcing the cork against the plunger, which is held stationary,which operation also releases the bott-le from the apparatus at the same'time that the cork is driven into the mouth ofthe bottle.

Qur' invention further relates to the combination ofthe hinged lever andswivel-piece, for carrying the funnel and pipe, through which` the corkis driv' en, for the purposcof maintaining the horizontality of thefunnel as the lever swings on its hinge.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use our invention, wewill proceed to describe the same with reference to the drawings. 1

' Near the top of a standard, A, is pivoted, at a, a hand-lever, B,which has' hingedto itsl under side, at l), the plunger C.

AThis plunger passes through suitable bearings attached tothe standardA, allowing it to move up andA down in a direct line.

To the standard A is also pivoted, at d, the lever` D, which issupported near its free end by a rest, E.

This lever D carries a funnel or mouth-piece, f, supported by aswivel-piece, F, which has bearings y, passing through the lever D,allowing the mouthpiece f to have a rocking motion, and remain in ahorizontal, or nearly so, position, when the lever D is lifted oifitsrest E. v

The mouth-piece has, extending downward, a thin pipe, f', which entersand fits loosely into the neck of the bottle or jar H.

This pipe f is perforated with small holes h, to allow the air containedin the bottle to escape more readily when a cork is introduced into itsupper portion.

The rest -E has attached to it a stop, It', to arrest the motion of thelever D, when it is raised with toc ymuch force.

The operation of coi-king av bott-le or jar with this machine is asfollows:

The bottle H being filled with any desired substance, the lever D islifted up, and the bottle H brought on the platform I, the central'portion of which could be made adjustable, to adapt the machinc tobottlesof different heights. Then the lever D is brought down, so as tobear on therest E; at the same time the thin pipe f enters the neck ofthe bottle, fitting it loosely.. A cork is then introduced into themouth-piece f, and pressed down, by*v means of the plunger C and-leverB, to near the.

bottom of the thin pipe f', the air escaping in front of it throughvthe-small perforations h, and between the neck of the bottle and thepipe f; the plunger G is held down rigidly, andthe lever D is lifted up,which forces the cork'down through the funnel or pipe f', and into theneck of thebottle. The plunger G mag.Y then be raised, and the corkedbottle removed.

The plunger C can also be supplied with a hollow pcrforating pin, l, topierce through the cork when the plunger is brought down, thus allowingthe air to escape from under the cork through the hollow p in Z andholes mi, drilled through the end ot' the plunger.

Having thus fully described the construction and operation of ourinvention,

What we claim therein as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. In combination with the funnel or mouth-piece f of a machine forcor-king bottles, the perforated pipe f', fitting loosely in the neck ofthe bottle, to.

allow the air in the bottle to escape during the operation of forcingthe cork therethrough, substantiel- Aly :is described.

2. The level' D, carrying the month-piece f, when hinged to the frame,in combination with the support E, t-o relieve the bottle of thepressurewhen the cork is driven do\vn','$ubstantially :is and forthe purpose setforth.

3.1111 a. machine for corking bottles, the lever D, :is described,rincombination with the mouth-piece f and perforated pipel f', so that thecork is introduced into the neck of the bottle by lifting the lever Dand holding down the plunger O, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

4. In combination with thehinged endcontrolled lever D, the hinged orswivel-piece- F, for carrying the funnel nud pipe7 as and for thepurpose described.

-. JULIUS WOLFF.

. WM N. NUMSEN. Witnesses G. E. SNEIDER, EDMUND MASSON.'

